The Crayon Box

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Banned Books Week

I'm a little late posting on this, but it's something I very strongly believe in. My mom always let me read what I wanted to, and I was amazed at my first experience with banning a book. My high school library took "Salem's Lot" by Stephen King off the shelf when I was a junior (I think). I was stunned, I'd read it several years before.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

A surprise

And thankfully a NICE one.

I knew about JERR's review of Dinah's Dark Desire but found out about two other ones this morning.

A TCM reviewer, Jasmina Vallombrosa, said, "I really enjoyed this book as Mr. Armstrong more than proves her storytelling abilities. The plot was as intriguing as it was entertaining. The relationships between the characters were dynamic and fulfilling. The sexual tension stayed at a deliciously high level with true feelings and love lingering in the background. My favorite aspect was the self-realization of Dinah, who in her search for her true happiness finds within herself the courage to put those old voices to rest."http://tcm-ca.com/reviews/1284.html

AND

Dinah's Dark Desire was selected as a Joyfully Recommended book! Jo said, "Ms. Armstrong has given us more than just a ménage story, although the sex is very, very hot; she has given us a satisfying and fulfilling story about three people who are good friends and how they came together as lovers. Dinah’s Dark Desire is a story I highly recommend for anyone who loves a good romance." http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/reviews/dinahsdarkdesire.html

Thursday, September 21, 2006

It's a jungle out there

or rather in here. *blinks* the temperature dipped into the 40's here last night, surprising me, and I worried my plants might not do so well as it is supposed to again tonight. So I brought them all in. I repotted a lot of them until I ran out of potting soil. Not what I'd intended to do this morning *ahem*.

I'm working on a Christmas short story. LOL yes, it won't be for this year because I already have a Christmas Fling being released in December by Loose Id. But I had the idea so am running with it. It's very short.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Review Time & catch up

I always love getting to the end of my stories but they take over me in some ways. I had to clean house today because I did very little around the house as I let the muse take me.

So several things have happened, that I *gasp* didn't post about yet.

The first is that the next installment of The Knight in A Cowboy Hat has been been posted on my website in the Goodies section. I've had so much fun with Keith and Tessa. One more and I think I'm bidding them adieu for a while at least.

Reviews and reader reactions have started coming in for Dinah's Dark Desire.

Two Lips Reviews gave it 5 lips! Frost said this, "Dinah’s Dark Desire is just about as hot as a hungering reader could ask for. Mechele Armstrong practically turns the reader inside out from the first sentence, and leaves her begging for more. Do NOT miss out on this one, which has appeal for almost all readers. The characterization is deep, the plot line is intriguing, and the sensuality is volcanic. Run out and get this one-immediately! It’s a rereader for certain."

JERR gave it four stars! Suni Farrar said, "Dinah’s Dark Desire was a fast paced and exciting story. Dinah was not the usual type of heroine that I enjoy reading about, but I liked her all the same." She went on to say about Dinah, "As the novel progressed she grew stronger and stronger. I had to honor her growth." It's always nice when you have a character who develops over the story and someone sees it *grins*.

Friday, September 08, 2006

A quickie

I'm slowly adjusting to the school schedule. The cat seems to be having a hard time with it. The first day, she tried to climb up my leg and up the back of my chair. She looks very suspiciously at me like I've done something to the kidlets.

It's been a while since I did one of these and I'm quite happy.

*drum roll*

20,012 / 30,000(66.7%)

Nathan and Henri's story

*cough* It might be more than 3o K. Might be closer to 35, we'll see. I still have oodles of stuff to get through it feels like but I'm also going, "I need more story." LOL I always do that. And YES I know I need to title it *sigh*.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

I can see clearly now the rain is gone...

This picture was from the remnants of Hurricane Gaston a couple of years ago. Thankfully, Shockoe Bottom in Downtown Richmond didn't flood yesterday.

Ernesto dumped about 2-5 inches of rain on central Virginia before moving on. We drove around to a couple of creeks, which, while very full and fast moving, only one seemed to make it over the road. Eastern Virginia got socked with rain and had a lot more flooding.

And we didn't lose power! It blinked a few times, but never went off completely.

We had open house yesterday at school. The rain made it a madhouse, but it was good. Both teachers seem nice. Tuesday is start school day here.